Typographical composing-machine



C. L. GEORGE AND H. HART.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR.30, 1919.

1,351,288. Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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C. L. GEORGE AND H. HART. TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30| I9I9.

PatentedAug. 31, 1920.

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Inventors= CZ-AWV An a C. L. GEORGE AND H. HART. TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-30, I919.

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C. L. GEORGE AND H. HART. TYPOGRAPHICAL C OMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED- APR. 30, 1919- 1,351,288. Patented Aug. 31, 1920. v

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UNITED s'rArEs' rarsnrorrlcs.

CLARENCE LEoN GEORGE AND ENRY HART, 0E Lc noN, NGLAND, AssIGNOEs TO LINOTYPE AND MACHINERY LIMITED, 0E LONDON, ENGLAND, A LIMITED LIA- BILITY COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSIFTG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug,

Application filed April 30, 1919. Serial No. 293,818;

.provements in Typographical Composing- Machines, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to typographical composing machines particularly those known commercially under the trade-mark linotypc and more especially those of the class which is equipped with columns of superposed magazines adjustable to bring any of them into and out of working position.

tion, there may be mentioned the construction of machines of the just-named class so that the number of themagazines comprised in the columns thereof can be increa'sedor decreased without involving any constructional alterations, and so that any of the said -magazines can be removed and replaced Without disturbing any other magazines of the column more readily than has heretofore been possible.

The invention may zine together with its frame and the sup port for such frame, constitutes a unit and as such, can be added to, or removed from,

the other units of which the adjustable column is composed, and wherein also a lower magazine together with its frame can be slid forward and backward without, necessitating the raising or disturbance of an upper magazine.

The invention Wlll now be more particularly described by reference to the'acc'ompanying drawings in which Figure 1 1s a slde elevatlon of as much of a linotype machine as is necessary to illus-' Fig. 3 is an elevation as viewed from the bottom of Fig. 2 of a part of the devices shown in that figure.

Among the principal objects of the invenbesaid to involve a' system of construction wherein each maga- Fig. 4: is a side elevation corresponding to'a part of Fig. 1' andshowing the middle magazine in course ofremoval, the top 'magazine being omitted from the said-figure.

tion of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a vlew similar to Fig. 5 showing certain locking devices 1n relatively different positions.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of Fig. 6 and Flg. 8 15 an elevation'as vlewedfrom the left-hand side of the machine, of a lower part of the column of magazines illustrative of'certain details ofthe locking mecha nism. Y

Like reference numerals are used to indicate like or corr'esponding'parts, throughout-the several figures of the drawings.

As a means of illustrating oneconvenient manner of carrying out the present invention, the machine represented in the accom-.

Fig. 5 is a plan corresponding to a porpanying drawings is shown as equipped.

with a column of three magazines- 11, 12

and 13, these being hereinafter referred to respectivelyas'the top, middle and lowest magazine; when the column comprises more than three magazines, as mayconveniently be the case, the supplemental or additional magazine or magazlnes is or are located be-.

tween the magazines 12 and '13.

As little or no difficulty is ever experienced'in removing the top'magazine of a column by the means heretofore available, the present invention does not concern itself.

with those means, and for that reasonv the devices for attainingthat result, whichhave been arbitrarilyselected for illustration in Figs. 1 and 2, and which are themselvesof ordinary well-known, construction, are not to be regarded as, parse, forming any part ofthe" present invention. 'The said illustrated means comprise twolifting'cams 14 each pivoted to one side of the topmost magazine frame 15 .by a stud or shaft 1-6 and bearing on aroller 17 (one of which is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) pivoted on the inside of the uppermost side walls 18 of the column, Each lifting cam I L-is formed on, or rigidly secured to, ahooked arm 19 which, when rocked forward into the position indicated in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 1, serves for supporting the maga- *zine 11 during its removal,,'the two ends of a bar 20 (Fig. 2) secured to the underside of the magazine, at that juncture, resting on the then-forwardly projecting ends of the two hooked arms 19. The upper or rear part of the magazine frame 15 is supported on a horizontal rod or tie-bolt 21', extending transversely through or beneath it, said tiebolt, in turn, being supported by the beforementioned uppermost side walls 18, which it, conjointly with a second tie-bolt 22, serves to brace together as a rigid entity.

To the forward or lower end of the two walls 18, is secured the bankof escapements 23 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) appertaining to the top magazine 11, the ar rangement being such that when the hooked arms 19 are in their rearmost position, in which they are shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and'in dot-and-dash lines in Fig. 2, the magazine 11 will be in operative engagement with the escapements 23, and when the hooked arms 19 arein their foremost 'position in which they are shown in dot-andof the different superimposed walls 18, 25 r and frame 26, perfect registration may be dash lines in Fig. 1,.the magazine 11 will, as correspondlngly shown in dot-and-dash lines in that figure, be raised out of mesh with the escapements 23 so as to admit of the said magazine being lifted out of engagement with its frame 15 and drawn forward over the escapements without contacting therewith, preparatory to the support of the magazine 11 being'transferred to the hooked arms 19 andth'e subsequent lifting ofi'zof that magazine from the said arms,

I by the operator.

The replacement of a top magazine .11 on the column, is effected by carrying through in the reverse order, the just described operations involved in removing such a magazine.

The before mentioned uppermost side walls 18 are those which appertain to the middle magazine 12, these two walls being rigidly bolted as shown by bolts 24, or otherwise secured to other walls 25 beneath them,appropriated to the lowest or next lower magazine 13. The two walls 25 appertaining. to the lowest magazine, may be cast integral with, or rigidly secured to, a spider or frame 26 extending from one to the other of such walls, this spider or the walls 25 being provided with means such as coaxial rollers 27, which assist in guiding the column when it is moved to bring different magazines into operative position.

To insure the correct, relative positioning secured by means of dowel connections 28 which may, as shown inLFig. 1, take the form of socketsand spigots concentric with 1 the bolts 24. r

Various means are already known for moving columns of magazines as before men.- tioned and any of those whlch may be found suitable, can be used in connection with the present invention. Thus, in the example illustrated in part in Fig. 1, the known means employed consist of toggle links 29 pivoted to the underside of the frame 26,. to whose lower ends are pivoted other toggle links 30 which are rigidly secured to two rocking shafts 31 on which are alsosecured two lever arms 32 connected together'by a link 33, so that the two shafts 31 will always be rocked in unison, this movement being effected by the operator through the medium of a hand lever fast on the foremost of the two rocking shafts 31. For convenience of illustration the last-'mentioned shaft and the members directly connected thereto have been omitted from Fig. 1,-but the devices are of such. well-knownv construction that they do not call for special representation.

During the before-mentioned adjustment of the column of magazines this column constrained to move in a straight path by the aforesaid rollers 27 which are'pivoted to the frame 26, and travel along track rails 34 rigidly attached tothe so-called distributor bracket 35' or to the main frame or other convenient part of the, machine; in this same figure only the right-hand of the two coaxial rollers 27 is shown, this being represented in dotted lines in its uppermost position, and in dot-and-dash lines in its lowermost position, the lowermost position of the magazine column being correspondingly indicated by the, dotand-dash lines marked 26. r r 1-. On the inner face of each of the side walls 18, 25 there is provided a track or rail 36 on which is supportechwith a capacity for limited forward and backward 'movement, a frame 37 which, itself, supports the respective magazine 12 or'l3 and its escape arablefrom the magazines and remain on the machine when a magazinecis removed therefrom, ready for substitutermagazinei The arrangementrepresented in the accompanying drawings embodies escapements which are separable from themagazine's, but this is to be regarded-merely as an example because certain. parts of the invention are also applicable to machines in which the'es 'oapements are removable with the magazines. WVhen, however, the arrangement is constructed as shown in the drawingsyeach of the sliding frames 37, in accordance with the present invention, has pivoted to its front engagement with a end, as by a transverse shaft 38, two blocks 39, 40 which virtually form extensions of the sides'of that sliding frame and, like the latter, are movable forward and backward along the rails 36. As the two sliding frames 3? and their respective magazines 12 and 13,

and the appurtenances directly connected or cooperating therewith are practically identical the following description,-whichis generally restricted to the middle magazine 12 and the frame 37 thereof, is equally applicable to the lowest magazine 13 and its sliding frame 37.

The bank of escapments 41 of the said' magazine 12 is supported by the two blocks 39, 40 so that when the latteuare 1n their normal rearmost position wherein they are alined with the sides of the-sliding frame 37 the escapements 41 are in perfect register and mesh w th the magazine, and when the said sliding frame is in its foremost posi tion, the blocks 39, 40 are lowered so that the escapements are clear of the magazine, as

shown as an example in connection with the middle magazine 12, in Fig. 4, so that that particular magazine can then be removed frontwise'of the machine without contacting with, or damaging, the said escapements. The illustrated example represents this result as attained by forming an angular re-.

cess bounded by the relatively inclined surfaces 42, 43 in the underside of each block 39, 40 at a short distance rearward of the front end of that block, the said front end however having its under surface in such-a plane as will insure, during thev normal working of the machine, the said block being supported in the position necessary for maintaining the above mentioned enmeshment of the escapements and magazine, and, indeed, through said blocks, lifting the magazine slightly off its-sliding frame 37 as herein-' after more particularly described.

When, with the 111st described arrange ment, the sliding frame 3!, is allowed to move to its foremostposition on the track rails 36, the blocks 39, 40 pivoted to, and

traveling with, that frame, maintain their alinement with the latter until the inclined surfaces 42 reach the front ends of the track rails 36, after which juncture the continued forward movement of the sliding frame causes the blocks 39,40 to pivot-downwardly on the shaft 38, this continuing until, at the end of such forward movement,,the inclined surfaces 43 of the blocks contact with the surfaces of the rails 36; this contact serves to arrest further descent of the said blocks which thereafter, support the escapement in such a position as will admit of the magazine being moved over it without contacting therewith. v

In view of the desirability, in the carrying out of the present invention, to utilize, as far as possible, elements and fittings which are of standard construction, and in viewof the fact that the before described mutual engagement and disengagement of the escapements 41 and magazine 12 M13, is effected on curvilinearlines of comparatively short radius, as'distinguished from, as heretofore, curves of long radius or indeed rectilinearly, wepreferto mount the said bank of escapements in the blocks 39, 40 so that it canrock therein to a slight extent and thereby en-' able the intermeshing parts of that bank, as it were, to work their way into and out of engagement with the complementary parts on the magazine. This result, as shown in the drawings, may be conveniently attained by providing, a trunnion 44 on each end of the bank of escapements 41, and a bearing 45 for supporting said trunnion, on the i nv ner side of the respectively adjacent block 7 I 39 or 40. The bearings 45 are preferably open at the top so as to enable the bank of escapements to be readily lifted out of the machine for cleaning or other purposes, a'ccidental displacement of said bank being prevented by maintaining the trunnions '44 in the bearings 45, by easily removable means such as caps or the screws 46which latter penetrate the said bearings 45, closely overlie the trunnions'44, and must be with-- drawn before theescapement bank can be respectively opposite ends of the right-handspring 47 engage with a stop collar- 50 ad-- justably secured on the right-hand trunnion 44, and a stop or abutment 52 projecting:

inward from the, adjacent bearing 45, the

stop collar being provided with an arm or projection 51, Figs. 2 and 4, adapted to engage with the said stop or abutment 52.

VVhen the machine is in normal working condition and the escapement bank 41. is

properly enmeshed'with'its magazine, the arm- 51 1s gustout of contact wlth theabutment52, as shown in dotted llIlQS- in Fig. '4,

in connection with the lowest magazine 13,;

but when the said escapement bank is lowered out of mesh with its magazine, as shown in Fig. 4 in connection with the middle magazine 12, the springs 47 have'rocked that bank clockwise, as viewed in that figure, until stopped bythe arm 51 contacting withthe abutment W' hen,- during the reinstatement of magazine into the machine,uthe

escapement bank is automatically raised into engagement with the said magazine, the

springs 47 allow of an easy mutual engage its position to suit the gradually varying conditions necessitated by such engagement.

To insurethat the engagement of the banks of escapements with the complementary parts of the respective magazines shall be as close and efficient as possible, the blocks 39, 40 are so formed that when in I their normal rearmost position, they su port the escapement banks 41 at such a height that the front ends of the said magazines are slightly raised ofi the sliding frames 37 and the entire weight of these ends is born by the said escapement banks.

The two ends of each of the before described transverse shafts 38 project outward beyond the side walls 18, 25 which, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 4, are provided with slots 53 wherein that shaft is capable of sliding fore-and-aft of the machine, the length of'these slots 53, if desired,serving to limit the extent of the said motion and consequently the corresponding motion of i the respective sliding frame 37.

On the outer ends of each shaft 38, loose ferrules 54 may be provided to serve as handles by which the fore-and-aft movement of the respective slidingframe 37can be c0n-' trolled or effected by the operator.

Pivoted to a bracket 55, fast on each of the sidewalls l8, 25,there is provided a bellcrank lever 56, of which one arm is so lo cated that it can be easily engaged by a V finger of the operator when he grasps the before mentioned handle 54, while the other arm is pivotally attached to a locking bolt 57 which, under the action of aspring 58 normally engages with a recess in the adj acent side of the sliding frame 37, to retain the said frame in operative position. hen it is desired to release the sliding frame 37 so as to allow it to descend into its foremost position, the bolts 57 at either side of the magazine column, can be readily withdrawn out of engagement with the said frame by means of the two bell-crank levers 56, and after such disengagement the thus-released frame 37 can slide down the track rails 36 under the control exercised thereon by the op erator through the handles 54, the bolts 57 meanwhile bearing on the outer surfaces of the descending frame, until such time as other recesses 59 are brought into register with the bolts 57 which thereupon, under the influence of their springs 58 engage with those recesses and thereby serve to retain the sliding frame in position during the period that another magazine is being slid backward thereon for insertion into operative position in the machine. The two pairs of recesses with which the locking bolts 57 engage are of such size as to enable the sliding frame 37 to be moved by the operator slightly rearward to relieve the said bolts of the pressure which would otherwise hamper their withdrawal. r V

In many machines as heretofore constructed, the magazines are prevented'from sliding forwardly on their frames by transverse bars on the underside of the former engaging with upwardly-projecting hooks or ribson the latter, the front ends of the magazines having to be raised sufficiently to disengage the bars from the hooks before the magazines can be removed from the front of the machine. Where the space between theadjacent superposed magazines of the present improved machine is sufiicient to admit of the just-named raising ofthe magazines, corresponding means can be em ployed for the purpose, but where the said space is not. suflicient for that purpose, then the disengagement of the magazine 12 from its sliding frame 37 may be effected by means such as those next described, which, in'no way involve the lifting of the magazine; j The meansjust referred to, as illustrated in Figs. ,2, 4,5 and 6, comprise two sliding 1 bolts 60 guided in the respective sliding frame 37 so as to be capable of moving only vertically or approximately vertically therein. When the bolts 60 are in theirupper most position, their upper ends are directly at the front of, and in contact with, the above named transverse bar 61 and thereby serve to prevent any forward movement of the magazine 12. The two bolts 60, are pivotally connected to the forward ends of levers 62 whose rear ends are pivoted as by short shafts 63 to the sliding frame 37, and the lowering and raising of the bolts 60.is effected byv means of eccentrics 64, Figs. 4 and 5, each operative between two'cheeks or projections 65 on the respective lever 62, and rigidly secured on the before described shaft 7 38 on which is also rigidly secured a'hand lever 66. By reference particularlyto Figs. V

2, 5 and 6, it will be seen that the connec-' tion between the bolts 60 and the sliding frame 37 is effected by a dovetail rib on the former which isslidable within a dovetail of engaging with two V-shaped notches 2 v.

formed in the just mentioned dovetail rib in positions corresponding with thetwo-ter minal positions of thesliding bolts 60; V

In the arrangement as illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2, it would be possible to operate the hand lever 66 before the sliding frame 37 had been moved into its foremost position and consequently cause damage by the premature sliding off of the magazine,

and to secure against any such contingencylw we prefer to provide -means which shall rent er the hand lever 66 inaccessible for operation until such time as it is safe to be from, the side wall 18 in such position that when the hand lever 66 is in its normal rearmost position, that lever is closely overhung by the said guard-plate.

It is necessary to insure that the bank of .escapements &1 shall not be detached from the magazine 12 until after the matrices 69, Fig' 1, shall have been locked therein. Means controlled by the matrix-lockin strip or poker 70, are already known which. willfulfil a corresponding function in connection with the top magazine 11 and those means may be employed in the present arrangement for that particular magazine of the column, but for the lower magazines 12, 13, it is preferred to attain the result in question by the following means.

The left-hand block 39 of the two before described ones 39, 40, is provided with a spring-actuated bolt 71 adapted-to engage with a recess or, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5, with the front end of the adjacent slot 53 in the respective side wall 18 or 25. This bolt is axially slidable in a hollow stud 72 screwed into or otherwise fast to the block 89, and'on which is pivoted a two-armed bracket 78, 7 4. .To the bracket arm 73 is pivoted a bent lever 7 5 whose lower end, as shown best in dotted lines'in Fig. 8, is forked and embraces the reduced stem of the bolt 71 just to the lefthand side of a collar 7 6 fast on that stem. The upper end of the bent lever 75 terminates in a head or button 77 which is normally alinedlwith the channel 7 S into which the matrix-locking strip or poker is inserted in'the magazine, the position of-the said head 77 being such that when the said poker is pushed home through the magazine, the left-hand end of the poker, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, will. bear. against that head and thereby swing the lever about its pivot and withdraw the bolt 71 clear of the respective side wall 18 or 25. It will be seen therefore that,

by this arrangement, the magazine sliding frame 37 is prevented from being moved forward (even'though'the locking bolt 57 may have been withdrawn) 'unless and until the matrices are firstlocked in the magazine by the insertion of the bar or poker (0,, so

that the accidental spilling of the matrices is ventirely obviated.

In order to prevent damagewhich might otherwise cccur were means-not provided for lowering the bracket 7'3, 74 and lever 7 5 out of the path thr 'ugh which a magazine 12 or 13 is moved out of the machine, the following devices are employedby which that result is attained automatically during the forward movement of the respective sliding frame 37. It has already been explained that the bracket 7 8, 7 4 is pivotally mounted on the hollow stud 72, and it remains now to be explained how the rocking of .the said bracket on that stud is effected. For this purpose the second arm74: of the bracket 73, His provided with apin 79 rigidly attached to and extending transversely through it, and having attached to it, on the right-hand side of the saidarm, one end of a helical spring 80 Whose other end is attached to an eye 81 fast to the respective sliding frame 37, as shown best in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The left-hand end of the pin '7 9 is arranged to bear against an abutment 82 rigidly secured to the respective adjacent wall 18 or 25 or, more particularly, as shown, to thetrack rail 36 of that wall, this being the'condition which obtains when the sliding frame 37 is in its normal rearmost position, and as a result thereofthe bent lever 75, is held in its highest position against the action of the spring 80, with its head 77, as shown best in Fig. 8, in the path of the poker which, may afterward be pushed through therespective channel 78. Then the sliding frame 37 moves forward, the pin- 79 moves away from'theabutment 82 and the spring 80 swingsthe bracket 7 3, 74 about the hollow stud 72 and thereby lowers the lever 75 out of the path through which the magazine 12 or 13:will afterward be. moved during its removal from the machine, as shown best in Fig. 4 in connection with the magazine 12. v r

For facilitating the removal and replace 'ment of the magazines 12,13, arms or brackets 83, such as the one shown in dot anddash lines in Fig. 4, can be provided for receiving those magazines while the latter are being slid off and on to their respective sliding frames 37. These brackets, as

shown, can be temporarily attached to the side walls 18 or 25, byhooking under studs 8& rigid upon the said side walls, and-over the then-advanced handles 54, or in any other co venient manner, and they are so shaped that when they are-in operative position, their magazine-supporting ledgesvirtually form continuatio is of the respective sliding frames 37.

1f. desired, the before-described looking I for example, be obtained by means such .as

that shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, comprising an angular trigger lever 85 pivoted i to the respective side wall 18 or 25 in such near location to the bolt 57 that one of its arms is movable into and out of the path of that bolt, and another similarly pivoted lever 86 engaging at one end, the second arm of the lever 85 and at the other end projecting into the path of the bolt 71, a spring 87 acting on the lever 86 so as to tend always to move or retainthe lever 85 out of the path of the bolt 57. By this arrangement the bolt 57 engaged by the lever 85, when in engagement with the respective sliding frame 37 that is to say, when the saidframe is in its normal working position, cannot be disengaged from that frame until the poker 70 has been pushed home in the respective magazine 12 or 13 for locking the matrices therein, this operation serving both to withdraw the bolt 71 and simultaneously therewith Jrender the'adjacent bolt 57 capable of being manually 7 after. r

The right-hand side walls 18 and 25 are formed with recesses 88 for giving access to the poker channels 7 8 when the magazines 12, 13 are in their normal rearmost position.

For absorbing any shock which might be caused by the too violent lowering of a sliding frame 37, buffer springs 89 threaded on rods 90 may be interposed between cross heads or eye bolts 91, 92 secured respectively to the said sliding frame and to the respectively adjacent track rail 36.

In a machine wherein it may not frequently be required to change the lower magazines, the escapement banks of these magazines may be pivoted, as hereinbefore described, to the sliding frames 37 but otherwise be so arranged that their engagement and disengagement with the said magazines shall be effected by hand; or, indeed, the said magazines could have their banks of escapements permanently attached to them, in which arrangement the operationiof removing a magazine need involve little more than the sliding forward of the respective frame 37 and the disengagement of the said magazine from that frame either withdrawn immediately thereby the lowering of the respective bolts or r the raising of the magazine out of engage ment with the equivalent of the said bolts.

In the last mentioned arrangement the blocks 39, 40 would not be necessary and in the place thereof there might be provided hooked arms which, when the sliding frames 37 were in their foremost position, would project to the front of the magazine column 'and serve, in like manner to the before described arms 19 and 83, to temporarily support the magazines during their removal and replacement.

The distributer mechanism 93 and the assembled entrance 9 f shown in Fig. 1, call for no special description, as they constitute no separate part of our invention, and it will therefore now suflice to explain that the before described magazine-column lifting devices are, as ordinarily, so devised as to enable any one of the magazines 11, 12, 13 to bebrought into operative register simultaneously with the said organs 93, 94. In. machines in which the so-called assembler plate cannot be swung away from the front of the magazines, the magazinecolumn lifting devices are so designed as to enable the lowest magazine to be raised sufliciently high to admit of it clearing the top of such assembler plate during the subsequent act of removal or replacement; in machines in which (as in many of those already in use) the assembler plate can be swung away from the magazines, this eX- tent of lift obviously will not be necessary.

It is to be understood that the before-clescribed embodiment of the present invention is given merely as a convenient eX- ample, and that thesame may be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of such. invention, for instance,

many of the features of theinvention may be embodied in those known machines in which the columns of magazines are stationary and the assembler entrances are adjustable into registerwith and relatively to the different magazines' Having thus described our invention, its construction and mode of operation, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows 1. In a typographical composing. machine having a plurality of superposed, magazines, the combination with a lower maga zine of a sliding frame whereon it is'removably mounted and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward relatively to and without necessitating the raising or disturbance of an upper magazine to locate said lower magazine in convenient position for removal and replacement.

2. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a sliding frame whereon it is removably mounted and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward relatively to the other magazines, of devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame-and lock that frame in its terminal positions.

3. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines,

the combination with, a' lower magazine, a

sliding frame whereon it is removably mounted and a supporton which the said frame can slide forward and backward relatively to the other magazines, of devices adapted to limit the movement of the said that frame in its sliding frame and lock that frame in its forward position.

5. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a

' sliding frame underlyingit and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, of devices adapted to lock the magazine to the sliding frame and un- 'lock it therefrom without raising the magazine relatively to the said frame.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a. sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock it in its normal position, and devices adapted to lock the magazine to the sliding frame and unlock it therefrom without raising the magazine relatively to the said frame. I

7 In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a

sliding frame underlying it and a support "on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, of devices adapted tojlock the magazine to the sliding frame and unlock it therefrom, and means adapted to prevent such unlocking when the sliding frame is in its normal position.

8. In a typographical composing mach ne,

the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward,

devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock it in its normal position, devices adapted'to lock the magazine to the sliding frame and unlock it therefrom, and means adapted to prevent such unlocking when the sliding frame is in its normal position. V

9. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines,

the combination with a lower magazine, a

sliding frame underlying it and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, ofa bank of escapements pivotallyattached to the sliding frame, and means adapted todisengage the escapements from the magazine only when thelatter is in its forward position. I

' 10. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and'back ward, and a bank of escapements' pivotaily attached to the sliding frame. y

11. In a typographical composing mamagazine,-a sliding frame underlying it and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, of blocks pivotedto the sliding frame, hearings on the said blocks, and a bank of escapements pivotally supported in the said bearings.

12. In a typographical composingmachine, the combination of a magazine,- a

sliding frame underlying it, a support on whichthe said frame can slide forward'and backward, blocks pivoted to the sliding frame, hearings on the said blocks, and a bank-of escapements pivotally' supported in the said bearings. I, r i 1 13. In a typographical composing machine; the combination of a' magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said-frame can slide forward and backward, blocks .pivoted to the sliding frame, -bearingson the said blocks, a bank of escapements pivotally supported in the said bearings, a spring adapted to rock the bank of escapements in the bearings, and a device adapted to limit the said rocking U movement. 1

- 141. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower.

'ments 'pivotally attached to; the sliding; I

frame, and means adapted to automatically disengage the bank of escapements from the magazine during the forward movement of the sliding frame.

15. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, a bank of escapements pivotally attached to the sliding. frame, and means adapted to automatically disengage the bank of e'scapements from them magazi'ne during the forward movement of the sliding frame. V

' 16. a 'typograph1cal composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the. combinat on with a lower magazine, a sliding frame underlyingit and a support on which-the said frame can slide forward and backward, of a bank of es-v capements 'pivotally attached to the sliding frame, and means adapted to automatically engage the'bank offescapements with the magazine during the rearward movement of the sliding frame. i i a 17 In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, a bank of escapements pivotally attached to the sliding frame, and means :ing frame, and engage the said bank with the magazine during the rearward movement of thecvsaid frame.

19. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, a bank of escapements pivotally attached to the sliding frame, and means adapted to automatically disengage the bank of escapements from the magazine during the forward movement of the sliding frame, and engage the said bank with the magazine during the rearward movement of the said frame.

20. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frameunderlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock it in its normal position, devices adapted to lock the magazine tothe sliding frame and unlock it therefrom, means adapted to prevent such unlocking when the sliding frame is in its normal position, a bank of escapements pivotally attached to the slidingframe, and means adapted to automatically disengage the bank of escapements from the magazine during the forward movement of the sliding frame and engage the said bank with the magazine during the rearward movement of the said frame. 7

21. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock it in its normal position, devices adapted to lock the magazine to the sliding frameand unlock it therefrom, means adapted to prevent such unlocking when the sliding frame is in its normal position, blocks pivoted to the sliding frame, bearings on the said blocks, and a bank of escapements pivotally suppo ted in the said bearings.

22; In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying it,

walls between which the sliding frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, and devices adapted tov lock the. said frame against motion relatively to the ;walls, of handles on the sliding frame penetrating the said walls and adapted to control'the movement ofthe frame, and meansonthe walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame locking devices can be manually released. v e V 23. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a

sliding frame underlying it, walls between which the sliding frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, devices adapted to lock the said frame against motion relatively to the walls, handles on the sliding frame penetrating the said walls and adapted to control the movement of the frame, and means on the walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame locking devices can be manually'released. I

24:. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, walls between which the sliding frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, a bank of escapements pivotally attached to the sliding frame, and devices adapted to lock the said frame against motion relatively to the walls, of handles on the sliding frame penetrating the said walls and adapted to control the movement ofthe frame, and means on the walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame locking devices can be manually released. v

25. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlyingit, walls between which the sliding frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, a bank of escape ments pivotally attached to the, sliding frame, devices adapted to lock'the said frame againstmotion relatively to the walls,

handles on the sliding frame "penetrating the said walls and adaptedto control the movement of the frame, and means on the walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame locking devices can be manually released.

26. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines and matrix-locking means independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the magazines the contents thereof, the combination witha lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and back ward and devices adapted to lock the said sliding frame in its normal position, of devices operable by the matrix-locking.means adapted to release the sliding frame.

27. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine,

a es? matrix-locking means independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the ,magazine the contents there-cf, sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said in its normal position, and devices operable by the matrix-locking means adapted to re- V to. lockjth'e said sliding frame in its normal lease the sliding frame.

28. Ina typographical composing machine, the combination of 'a' magazine, matrix-locking means'independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the magazine the contents thereof, a' sliding frame underlying it, a supporton whichj'the'said frame can slide forward and backward, de-

vices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock that frame in its normal position, and devices operable by the matrix-locking means adaptedto release the sliding frame.

29. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a slide ing frame underlying it, walls :between which the sliding frame is movable "forwardly and backwardly, devices'adapted to lock the frame against motion relatively to the walls, a'bank of escapements pivotally attached to the sliding frame, matrix-locking means independentof the e'scapements adapted to' lock in the magazine the contents thereof, handles on the sliding frame penetrating the said walls and adapted to control the movement of the frame, means on the walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame-locking devices can be manually released, and devices adapted normally to prevent such manual release and by the matrix locking means to render possible such manual release. i

'30. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed-magazines, the combination with a lower magazine, a

sliding frame underlying it,'and a support on which the said frame can slide forward and backward, of lock ng devlcesnormally in the path of a magazine to be removed"- from the machine and adaptedto lockthe sa1d slldmg frame in its normal position,

and devices adapted to automatically move the saidlocking devices out of the said path during the movement of the slidingframe.

31. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame can slide forward and back- 7 ward, locking devices normallyv in the path of a magazine to be removed from the machine and adaptedto lock the said'sliding' frame in its normal position, and" devices adapted to automatically move the said locking devices out of the said path during the I ,movement of the sliding frame. Y

"32, In a typographical composing machinehaving a p urality of superposed magazines,

operable ing means to render possi the combination witha lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, and :a support on. which the said 'frame can slide fo rward and backwarch'of escapement-carrying blocks 'pivotally connected to the sliding frame, locking devices mounted on the said blocks" normally in the path of amagazine' to be removed from the machine and adapted said path'during the movement of the slidj ing frame. I

33., In a chine, the combination of a magazine,'a'slida typographical composing; ma- V '80 ing frame underlying it, a support on which;

the saidframe can slide fOrWa'rdand-backQ ward, escapement-carrying blocks pivotally connected to'the sliding frame, locking devices mounted' on the said blocks normally in the path of a magazine to be removed from the machine and adapted to lock the said sliding frame in its normal position, and devices adapted to automatically move the saidlockingdevices out of the said path during the movement of the sliding frame.

84. In a typograph'cal composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines and matrix-lock ng means independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the magezines the contents I thereof, the combination with a lower magazine, a sliding framef underlying it, asupport on which'the said frame can slide forward and'backward, and

1 manually operable locking devices adapted to limit the movement of the said sliding frame and lock that framein its normal'po-.

sition, of devices adapted to normally prevent the manual operation of the said locking devices and operable b the matrix-lockbl e the said manual operation.

35. In a typographical. composing" machine, the combination of a magazine, and 1 matrixflocking means independent of the escapements adapted to :lock in the magazines the contents thereof, a lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying-.ihasupport on which=the said-frame can slide forward and backward, manually, operable locking devices adapted to limit the movement ofthesaid sliding frame and lock that frame in its normal position, and devices adapted to normally prevent the manual operation of the saidlocking devices and operable'by the matrix-locking means to render possible the said manual operation.

. 36; In a typographicalcomposing machine having' aplurality of superposed magazines and matrix-locking means independentof the escapements adapted to lock in the magazines the contents thereof, the combination I with a lower magazine, a sliding frame underlying it, a support on which the said frame canlide forward; and backward, and y two locking devices, one manually operable and the other normally in therpath of a,

magazine to be removed from the machine,

adapted to lock the said sliding frame in its normal position, of devices adapted to automatically move theVlast-named locking-device out of the said path during the movement of the sliding frame, and devices oper able by the matrix-locking means adapted to release the first-named locking device.

37; In a typographical composing ma chine, the combination of a magazine, matrix-locking meansmdependent of the escapements adapted to lock 1n the magazine the contents thereof, a sliding frame underlymg 1t, a support on which the said.

frame can slide forward and backward, two locking devices, one manually operable and the other normally in the path of a magaframe underlying it, escapement-carrying blocks pivotally connected to the sliding frame, supports on which the said frame and blocks can slide forward and backward, and two locking devices, one manually operable and the other mounted on one of the escapement-carrying blocks and normally in the path of a magazine to be removed from the machine, adapted to lock the said sliding frame in its normal position, of devices adapted to automatically move the lastnamed locking device out of the said path during the movement ofthe sliding frame, and devices operable by the matrixdocking means adapted to release the firstaiamed locking device;

- 39. In or fora typographical composing machine having a column of superposed magazines, a unit insertible or removable as such into or from the said column, comprising two side walls, track rails thereon, a sliding frame movable on the track rails,

a magazine supported by the sliding frame,

, 'a' bank of escapements for the magazine,

IIlZLtIlXdOCklIlg means independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the magazines, the contents thereof, locking devices adapted to limit the movement of the sliding frame and lock that frame in its terminal positions, and means actuated by the matrixlockingme'a'ns adapted to control the operation of the said locking devices.

40. In or fora typographical composing machine having a column of superposed magazines, a unit insertible or removable as such into or from thesaid column, compns mg two sidewalls, track rails thereon, a sliding frame movable on the track rails, a magazine supported by the sliding frame, a bank of escapements for the magazine, matriX locking means independent of the escapements adapted to lockin the magazines the contents thereof, locking devices adapted to limit the movement of the sliding frame and lock that frame in its normal position, and meansactuate d by the matrix-locking means adapted to control the operation'ofthe said locking devices.

41. In or for a typographical composing machine having a column of superposed magazines, a unit insertible or removable as such into or from the said column, comprising two side walls, track rails thereon, a sliding frame movable on the track rails, a magazine supported by the sliding frame, a bank of escapements for the magazine, matrix-locking means independent of the escapements adapted to lock in the magazines the contents thereof, manually operable locking devices adapted to limit, the movement of the sliding frame and lock that frame in its normal position, and deual operation of the said locking devices and operable by the matrixdockmg means to render possible the said manual operation.

42. In a typographical composing ma chine, the combination of a magazine, a slid-' ing frame, walls between which the sliding frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, blocks pivoted to the sliding frame,

bearings on the said blocks, bank of escapements pivotally sup'portedin said bears ings, matriX-locking means independent of, the escapements adapted to lock in the magazine the contents thereof, manually operable devices adapted to lock the frame against motion relatively tothe walls, de: vices adapted normallyto prevent the manual operation of said devices and operable by the matrix locking means to render pos:

sible such manual operation, locking devices 'mounted on one of the escapement-carrying blocks normally in the path of a magazine to be removed from themachine andadapted to lock the sliding frame :in its normal position, devices operable :by the matrixlocking means to 1 release the last-named locking devices, and means adapted to move said locking devices out of the said path duringthe movement of the sliding frame. F

43. In a typographical composing machine having a plurality of superposed magazines,

and matrix-locking.means, independent of; theescapementsadapted to. ,lockin the magazines: the contents thereof, the combination with a lower magazine of a sliding '95 vices adapted to'normally prevent the man 2:; its terminal positions, devices adapted to frame, and devices adapted to automatically,

' sliding frame, walls between which the slid normally prevent the manual operation of the said locking devices and operable by the matrix-locking means to render possible the said manual operation, locking devices normally in the path of a magazine to be removed from the machine and adapted to lock the sliding frame in its normal position, devices operable by the matrix-locking means adapted to unlock the sliding move the said locking devices out of the said path during the movement of the sliding frame.

44:. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a

v ing frame is movable forwardly and backwardly, devices adapted to lock the maga: zine to the sliding frame and unlock it therefrom without raising the magazine relatively to the said frame, means adaptedto prevent such unlocking when the said frame is in its rearward position, blocks pivoted to the sliding frame, bearings on the said blocks, a bank of escapements pivotally supported in said bearings, means adapted to automatically disengage and engage the bank of escapements and magazine during respectively the forward and rearware movement of the sliding frame, matrix-locking means independent of the escapcments adapted to lock in the magazine the contents thereof, devices adapted to look the said frame against motion relatively to the walls, handles on the sliding frame.

penetrating the walls and adapted to control the movement of the frame, means on the walls adjacent the handles whereby the frame locking devices can be manually released, devices adapted normally toprevent such manual release and operable by the matrix-locking means to render said release 7 I possible, locking devices mounted on one of the escapement-earrying blocks normallyin the path of a'm'agazineto be removed from.

the machine, and adapted to lock the sliding frame in its normal position, devices operable by the matrix-locking means to release the last-named-locking devices,- and means adapted to move said-locking devices out of said path during the movement of the sliding frame. V

45. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a magazine, a bank of escapeme-nts therefor, and a p voted supportmg frame arranged to carry the bank of escapements into and out of operative relation to the magazine, the said bank of escapements being rotatably mounted in r the supporting frame to insure the proper engagement and disengagement of the escapements and magazine during the movements of said supporting frame.

46. In a typographical composing ma-" chine, the combination of a magazine, a sliding frame whereon' the magazine is removably mounted, a support upon which the sliding frame is arrtnged to slide forward 7 and backwardin its own plane to facilitate the removal and replacement of thelmagazine, and means for holding the sliding frame in different longitudinal positions.

47. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a plurality of superposed magazines, a shift frame therefor movable to bring any selected magazine into operativeposition, and a sliding frame carrying one of the magazines and arranged to be slid forwardly and backwardlyout of and into the'shift frame to facilitate theremoval and replacement of the magazine thereon.

In witness whereof we have hereunto sub 7 scribed our names.

CLARENCE LEON Gnonenf HENRY, HART. 

